Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, thandai latte (thandai wala doodh). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Thandai is an Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, watermelon kernels, rose petals, pepper, vetiver seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar. Here's another…» Thandai is an Indian drink made with milk, nuts and spices like saffron, fennel. It's served especially during festival of Holi and is very refreshing.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have thandai latte (thandai wala doodh) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make THANDAI LATTE (Thandai wala Doodh):
- Make ready 12 Almonds
- Prepare 12 Cashews
- Prepare 12 Pistachios
- Make ready 1 tbsp Melon seeds
- Get 20-25 Black Pepper corns
- Get 2 tsp Poppy Seeds (white poppy seeds are used for this beverage)
- Take 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- Get 1/3 cup Water
- Take 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
- Get 1 pinch Saffron plus extra for garnish
- Take 3 tbsp Milk
- Make ready 1 tsp Cornflour
- Prepare 3 tbsp Milk
- Make ready 4-5 tsp Sweetner of your choice (I had used agave nectar)
- Make ready 600 ml Milk (dairy or non dairy)
Traditionally thandai is served during the Indian holiday "Holi". Holi is a celebration of the harvest season. Thandai is a very refreshing spicy cold drink with aromatic flavors; main ingredients are almond, milk, sugar and some spices. Indian thandai, literally translated as 'something that cools', is a sweet, creamy milk drink flavored with nuts and mixed with spices such as cardamom, fennel, rose petals, and poppy seeds.
Steps to make THANDAI LATTE (Thandai wala Doodh):
- Wash and soak the first seven ingredients in one third cup water, over night. Grind the soaked seven ingredients, along with the water, to a smooth paste.
- Soak saffron in a three tablespoons milk. Set aside for atleat an hour. (the longer the better)
- Heat the milk and add the saffron milk to it along with the paste. Stir well and simmer on low heat for 5 – 7 minutes. Stir every now and then.
- Mix the cornflour well in the remaining three tablespoons milk and add gradually to the simmering milk, stirring all the while.
- Add cardamom powder and simmer further for a minute. Switch off the heat and add sweetener of your choice. Serve hot and enjoy!
- NOTE - You can sieve the milk before serving or you can serve it as it is.
- Note - If you like the milk frothy, you can whisk it using a hand whisk or an electric mixer or perhaps an immersion blender.
- Pour in serving glasses and garnish with finely chopped pistachios and slivered almonds and a few threads of saffron (garnish is optional)
Here we've substituted gin instead, which accentuates the nutty, warmly-spiced, floral flavors in thandai perfectly. Thandai is an Indian spiced almond milk served during the festival of Holi. Creamy and refreshing, this is vegan and gluten free. Thandai is a drink served during the festival. The poppy seeds and other spices in the drink cause a cooling/freshening effect after drinking it.
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